The Word of The Year for 2013 is All About You...

It turns out 2013, was the year of "us" -- at least that's what the folks at Oxford Dictionary think. According to the literary giant, the "it" word that defined the past year was "selfie."

According to the company's website, the decision to crown the word the "winner" of this year's competition was unanimous, and though other words were considered, the phrase that describes "a photo of oneself" was a runaway hit.

The ABC Online posting said: "Um, drunk at a mates 21st, I tripped ofer [sic] and landed lip first (with front teeth coming a very close second) on a set of steps. I had a hole about 1cm long right through my bottom lip. And sorry about the focus, it was a selfie."

Other words up for this years title included Twerk (thanks, Miley), bedroom tax (opponents' term for a British welfare policy change), binge-watch (watching multiple television episodes in succession), bitcoin (a digital currency), olinguito (South American mammal), schmeat (synthetic meat) and showrooming (looking at items in shops then buying online).